Lighting device.



J. B. CHEVALLARD, JR. LIGHTING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED 313.16, 1914.

1,108,970. Patented Sept. 1, 1914,

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fTo all whom it may concern; 4 I I I *Be it knownthat I, JOHbIB. GHEVALLARD,

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,nmrnn sirrias JOHN B. onEvALL Im', JR, OF eo musgomoi; 1

LIGHTING DEVICE. 1 g Yi J a citizen of the United'states, residing at Columbus, in the county of'Franklin" and 'State of Ohio, have inventedf certainnew and useful Improvements in Lighting De yices, of which the followinggfisiaspecifica-i My invention relates to" lightingfdevices of the type fused-in connection 'withall oil burning lamps etc, and has particular relation to that type of- ,device in which a match is'a'dapted 'tozbefifligh ted whenever desired to light'thewick of suchcil b i lampsg" I My invention I contemplates the provisionof a guide member-for lighting, and'p're-- senting a match to a position adjacent the wick, so" that the same may be lighted, and automatically feeding an x additional match nto position forignition from a suitable] match magazine. iThis';istructureof, device is particularlyI 'a'dapted to railroad lanterns:v or miners lights, where thei flamemay at times. .becorne accidentally extinguished.

Further, by carryin'g the matchesin'amatch' .magazine-in a position to be automatically fed to the presenting mechanism, they are always kept in a dry stateandready for use, but are remote enoaghr-rr m the flame itself that they do not'become over-heated during-the normal burning of the lamp.

once designate I1 My invention also resides in the specific structure shown in the accompanylng drawing, in which similar characters of refercorresponding. parts, and .in

which: L

Figure 1 is a viewshowing a portion. of a railroaders lantern partially in section and partially in side elevation, with my'inven- I tion applied thereto. Fig. 2 is'a top plan View of my invention shown detached and,

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the struc- I tureshown in Fig. 2. f

I In the drawings, I- have shown the lantern as comprising a base portion 1 of ordinary construction carrying an oil receptacle 2, the latter being held in its applied. posi tion by means of a plurality of leaf springs such as is shown at 3. The upper portion of theoilreceptacle carries the burner 4,

the wicktube 5 forming a portion of such burner and being the means of attachment for-.myinvention, as at present shown.

The wick tube-5 is. embraced by a band member such as is shown at 6; this band Specification of Letters Bate ntr v I Application filed February 16,1914; -Seria1No. 818,883..

member assuming the general contour of the tube and being further provided with a small set screw 7, so that'the same may be securely lookedin itsposition, if desired This embracing member carries a guide tube 8 upon one side iii-such 'aymanner that the center of this tube issomewhat spaoed from the outersurface of the embracingmember and also 1n an inclined position, 'so'that the open mouth portion will lie adjacent the;

wick. Inits applied position, this guide "tube usually extends through the base memher 1, for which purposea slot 9 is provided. Qperatingback and forth'within the guide f FatentedS ept.1, 1914.

tube is aplunger element 10 carrying a pin 11 adapted to fit within the'slot .12; carried bythe guide tube itself and "serving as a means for. limiting the movement? of. the plunger. in bothits forward and reverse positionsg The outer end of thisiguide tube carrles lgn tlng' spr1'ngs l31 ad acent its open I end, whlch lgnltlng springs are provided ,with serrations '14: at their'outer ends, and are adapted to normally lie in engagement with each other, but be forced apart by the.

forced movement of a matohbetweenthem.

Theguide'member Sis also provided with an openingflf) opposite the slotted portion Q12, thisopeningsefving as a' means of communicationbetween the interior of the tube and a matchinagazine 16, which magazine, is provided with a rearwardly extending housing -171and with an aperture 18- a'djaoentitheside opposite that by means. of

which it is attached to the guide tube. 1 Within this match magazine, there operates a follower l1ead'j 19 provided with a rear- "wardly extending leg 20, which leg serves;

to'center acoiled' spr-ing2l normally forcing the follower head toward the guide member: It will be apparent that this spring bears in thelower end of the housing 17"and also against thisfollower head and in this manner any matches that may be "The operation of my device is as follows: 7 j I 1 y 110 passingthe embracing member Grover the Theattachment as a whole, is applied by wick tube as is clearly shown in Fig. land 10 0 stored-within-the magazine, such as is shown 1 engagement of the hand hold 24:. hen this follower head is in-its r'earmost position, the deslred number of matches may be inserted in the magazine by passage through the aperture 8. If the operating plunger 10 is in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 3, Withdrawing movement to the position shown in broken llIlBS, Wlll 13813111113 the entrance of one of these matches into the interior of the guide member 8 by the action} of the. spring 21 upon the follower head. Return movement of the plunger will then cause engagement of the lowerend of the match and force it outthrough the open end of the guide to. engage the serrated surfaces of the springs 13 andinthis manner cause it to be ignited to subsequently ignite the wick ofthe lamp. .Return movement of the plunger to the positionshown in dotted lines will again permit the automatic placing of amatch into .aposition for use and a push upon the plunger will'cause the ejection of the previously burned match andralso lighting the newlyppresented match, In this manner, thewick of an oil burner may be lighted at any desired'time, bythe simple operation of the plungerlO.

slightly beveled, as is shown at1'25, this structure permitting the plunger 10 to force the follower head rearwardly aslight distance should the match magazinebe empty. It is desirable to cause a binding of the plunger 10 for all positions, ,in'order that sa i t all gravity to its re-' to hold it in its inward position and I have,

therefore, so constructed the magazine and the guide tube, that the follower head will also be permitted a slight movement into the guide tube. Therefore, movement of the plunger from the position shown in broken lines to that infull lines, will cause a slight rearward movement of the follower head against the tension of the spring to friction- .ally hold the plunger in its inward position. \Vhatlcl'aim is A lighting device comprising a tubular guide, a plunger 1n said gulde, sald guide ,beingopen at its upper end, a match igniter disposed ad acent the upper open end, a boX- like match magaz ne earned by said guide and in communication therewith throughout its length, said magazine being provided withan aperturein itsend adjacent the side follower head on the inside ofsaid magazine,: the corner of said follower head with which said plunger first contacts when it is moved to eject a match being beveled, and spring; means for forcing said, follower. head toward said guide, v said springvmeans being such as. to permit the follower head to be magazine behind said aperture to permit loading ofthemagazine. D i In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN B. OHEVALLARD, JR.

Vitnessesr f v -1 C. C QS HE'BI-mm), GEO. C. FAIRBANKS.

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. i I ,moved to a*positio1i in .the'rear of said One corner of the follower head 19 is 

